Star Wars: The Old Republic Patch 1.1.3 Being Prepped For Deployment

BioWare now has patch 1.1.3 live on their public test servers and should be patching SWTOR in the wee hours of tomorrow morning, with an update which contains bug fixes and updates to combat, companions, crafting, PVP on Ilum and more.

Check it out!

So here’s a full reprint of the patch notes regarding 1.1.3 which, again, should be going up early tomorrow morning. Of course we all hate it that they have to bring the servers down to get this done but we all know that it’s for the best.

Right?

Hopefully they won’t break anything with this patch.

Also, before the patch notes, I’d like to thank the guilds Naked Sovereigns, Forged in Anger and Operation Plan B, on Shii-Cho for the hookup last night. You guys rock! Also, a certain other guild gets the gasface! You know who you are!

Here’s the notes.

Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ – 1.1.3 Patch Notes

Note: Because development is ongoing during testing, it should be noted that all changes and updates listed in the patch notes should be considered incomplete and are subject to change or removal before release to the live servers.The Public Test Server patch notes will be provided in English. The final release notes will be provided in English, French, and German when the content is moved to live servers.

Classes and Combat

General

Surge rating has been re-balanced. It now reaches diminishing returns the same way as other damage ratings, and its per point damage contribution has been reduced by approximately 10%.

Bounty Hunter

Mercenary

Arsenal

Stabilizers: Correctly adds pushback resistance to Unload.

Trooper

Commando

Gunnery

Steadied Aim: Correctly adds pushback resistance to Full Auto.

Companion Characters

General

Some taxis that failed to re-summon companions upon reaching their destination now properly re-summon them.

Companions no longer indicate they wish to speak with you when you are not yet eligible for their next conversation.

If a player is invited to a nearly full group and declines, that player is no longer prevented from summoning a companion.

Crew Skills

Crafting Skills

Non-stackable crafting materials are now refunded if the crafting assignment is canceled.

The number of non-stackable crafting materials a player has is now correctly reflected in the crafting UI.

Biochem

Exotech schematics will now function properly. – Updated 2/10

Crafting Exotech consumables now results in three items with a chance of one additional item on a crafting critical.

Flashpoints and Operations

General

Conversation rewards like Social and Alignment Points and Companion Affection are gained more consistently during Hard Mode Flashpoints.

Flashpoints

Boarding Party

In Hard Mode, players are no longer blocked from re-entering the Flashpoint in some circumstances when the group is defeated during the encounter with Jorland.

Kaon Under Siege

Expulsor Droid now drops the correct loot.

Operations

Karagga’s Palace

The chest in 8-man Nightmare Mode now spawns properly after defeating Karagga.

Items

General

Unique items can no longer be traded to a player that has the maximum number of that item in their inventory.

A confirmation dialog is now displayed when purchasing items with commendations or tokens and when purchasing expensive items.

Legacy

A confirmation dialog is now displayed when choosing a Legacy name. The UI has been updated to better communicate Legacy name decisions.

Missions and NPCs

General

Small amounts of Social Points are no longer lost in some circumstances (rarely at the beginning of a Flashpoint or in some mission conversations).

Bonus Series missions on Tatooine (Republic and Imperial) can now be abandoned.

Missions

Imperial

Eve of Destruction: This mission progresses properly even if the player does not immediately travel to Corellia.

Republic

Need to Impress: Resolved a dialogue issue with Ambassador Jannik that blocked progress in this mission.

Rapid Response: This mission can now be failed if the player leaves the mission phase while attempting to destroy the Bomb-Carrying Droids.

Taris Bonus Series: The cinematic for the objective “Return to Storm” now completes properly even if the player has not finished Reconstruction Efforts.

PvP

General

Fixed an issue causing players to not receive Warzone Win mission credit upon winning a Warzone match when the first player to enter the zone leaves the zone before the match concludes.

World PvP

Ilum

Players are now notified when they kill a player but do not receive credit due to rate limits.

Miscellaneous Bug Fixes

Players are no longer occasionally disconnected from the game when interacting with a mailbox.